The Dillon tribune., 1887-05-06
1oMps NEAR PoMpEH'
-,ee1,rc ACCOUNT or A VERY
eEceN1 DISCOVERY.

r,,,,,,. aad Their Contents.
e'''@ ,~ro statues Fountl-Rudcly
~ INSCRIPTIONS - cinerary urns'
s,... sku,,s and Bones
~. vear 172O tho digging of well
III III tho existence OF the ancich1 Guy OF
resenlaneu,n beneath the mooern towns
hciS;i pos;ni and Portict. The Same opera
e. 81 '' ~ the part Of tho owner OF vlhc-
ss~, sun situated some distance u. .ne Gus. c1
a" "an,phithcatrc OF Pompen lea 10 ING
ss.overY, very about six weeks ago, OF @ q sereeC
= tonbs running IN oEecC nne lroin
nouneii to Nocern. Taking advEntaSo OF
!ne visit of an archsoolosslcai Irlenu c1
so;ne. s who had just returned rom q scl,
en1.nv "nI professor Saglinno, directors Of
1u nIn' '.~covotions, to visit the newly discov-
ired ruins. ...r+ 1uo o,t ,,,s
bt Inc n ~ ,;rht. deop below the surface
sto.. IE.s. ',ronnd. a tolerably wide and we'll
.ao Nv ancient road, of q kind Of 1nacadam
na,t nuatrnction. slightly arched in tho center
oo as r. allow the rain water to run OF,
" sos With q low earthly bank on either
sln s:aa ~ the top of which aro tho seven
so.obz slroi recently excavated, four on one
.:ao and three on tho other. This road
e,uv 1.,ns na,rly due east in the direction from,
nnn,nei to Nocern, tho portion now OK
aorat.l wing about 1000 feet from the
nomneien amphithcatrc, and it is sup
,,osrl that when it is all excavated back
n Pompeii city cato will be found ut it's
oommence.nent. It.is also not improbable
that near the city it will be foun;' to be
naycl with lava, like the celebrated street
If Tonhs on the Western side.
UNDER rUAilcE STONES.
should the whole bc found to he as
closely lined Wit, tomb; rs is the portion
laid bare, it will be ono OF the most i'm.
nortant discoveries lately made in this
mart of the world. Unfortunately mcs,cy
j. venting and the excavation il; going On
bu,slowly The ancient level Of the street
being here very low, tho road is first coy
cred to the depth of ten or fifteen feet
with pun,ice stones; elected from Eesuvius
during the great eruption of 1879. Then
comes thin layer of ashes; then again I:
stratum OF pumice about ten inches thick,
another thin line of ashes, and over all
earth several feet deep. Just below this
upper earth We're found seven lnrgc stat
Res, which had evidently surmounted the
seen the slight depressions or ruts caused
BY the wheels of passing vehicles. The
t0mbs are erected on straight line on
either side, and where one is set rather
back it has Il low stone balnstradc, which
keeps the line and extends beyond the
tomb, probably inclosing u s, ice pur-
chased for subsequent tombs, and then
the next tomb is again built forward on
the original line. Thus this little portion
o. eXcivatel street has H. neat and sym
metrical appearance.
The first tomb excavated, being tho one
nearest to pompeii on the north sido of
the road, is covered with rude inscrip-
tions painted in rcd, one of which is no.
table; it is IN advertisement appristny tho
passers by that Il runaway horse has been
found OF such Il size and color, and that
owner may have it by applying to q
smith from Noccra, at tho bridge over the
Sarno, toward Stabin. In fact, such in
scrptions are found on all tho tombs,
which have evidently served as a public
newspaper on the thickly frequented road.
There arc besides many graphites. One
person has scratched his name, with the
word Remember" beneath. In one the
letter Is very interesting, from the fact
taat 1t Is marked with dot in the fork OF
Ae V, which IL reminiscence Of tho o.
can character.
THE INSCRIPTIONS.
Nearly all the rudely traced inscriptions
winch OF course have nothing to do with
we true inscriptions on marble slabs, that
uenote tho tlaine and qualities OF the de.
Seased' relate to Noccrn, showing the in
auence OF that neighboring town ON Pom.
pen, Tine OF the marble Inscriptions gives
Noccr's the surname Of Constantia, In
tsat'on to its faithfulness-n surname,
.Uel'eve, seen here In this connection fol
'nc nrst time. One Of tho tombs had been
eurnh''nted on its four corners with stone
trni!eappies, interesting as suggestive oi
~: :u's style OF decoration as noticed in thu
inmehse single pineapple said to have
.lo"hea liadrlan's tomb in Rome. It Is
.urlons . that in the inches of ono of thu
Wlhos stand two small headstones in
s'ead OF rrns.
..., 'ne statues, cincrary urns. loose marble
~o!et', skulls and bones have been de
i ii~sl,eo IN the room of Il country cottage
msu oy' I'LL except ono statue, which lies
prone mohe upon tho ground near the excaya
;to ;.oa' ana serves, by a string passed roupt
"s., .S neck, to hold fast tho end ur I. ragged
s,a,. asaS stretched on u small tree as .
,rS:', ,r..'er 1fom the sun-a menial Office t.
Go"a' Gn..' no doubt, tho man who was of suf
nena1 ne.n' consideration to have u statue
de,raa aes dreamed that his elIigy would b,
"ec. nos.sa: The full length statues are al
ftS, for "a",. ana evidently very good ones
ist;. sae,l o1 the faces is highly character
heaI ~, Uhe elderly male figure has q fine
ia aa una the mouth Of an orator: another
trra. han:some young man of Greciar
E;ts sth' ono Is disnitied, old woman. grave
tho 4 no': Sears and llonors, with deep lines al
rresso so."ets y, OF tho very peculiar and firml,
hair hseu w.: l,ls' and style of dressing tht
Lvi. "'',rh T1 reminds one of the statues OF
aYsd ihen there arc, besides, a middle